St. Louis Grapplin' For Chance to Host WWE's WrestleMania

​On Sunday 72,000 fans packed University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona for WrestleMania 26. Another one million people across the world tuned in to view the spectacle via pay-per-view.

A year earlier, in Houston, another 72,000 rasslin' aficionados filled Reliant Stadium, dropping nearly $7 million on tickets and merchandise for what's become the Super Bowl of professional wrestling.

And that figure doesn't include the estimated $50-million that fans spent at area hotels and restaurants. Houston officials estimated that 60 percent of attendees traveled from other states or countries and stayed an average of three nights to attend WrestleMania.